Preparing and managing NEC4 ECC contracts
- Fully appreciate the philosophy of the NEC4 family of documents
- Understand the more important clauses of the NEC4 Engineering and
- Construction Contract and the Professional Service Contract
- Understand the role and responsibilities of the key parties.
- Be able to confidently prepare tender and contract documents
Overview
This course provides a practical overview of the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC), covering key contract processes, roles and responsibilities, risk management, compensation events and programme management to help delegates confidently administer and manage NEC4 projects.
Who should attend
Project Managers, Contract Managers, Commercial Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Engineers, Project Controls professionals, Procurement specialists, Client representatives, Consultants, and Contractors.
Course Content
This course provides a brief overview of the NEC4 contracts, then examines the pre contract and post contract actions and responsibilities required in respect of the NEC4
Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). The course also includes a review of the NEC4 Professional Service Contract.
This is an Intermediate level course, and assumes that all delegates will have had previous training and/or experience of using NEC3 or NEC4 contracts.
Case studies will be used throughout the day.
Who Should Attend
Location
Course Syllabus
Day 1
Session 1 Brief Overview of the NEC4 family
- Engineering and Construction Contract
- Engineering and Construction Short Contract
- Professional Service Short Contract
- Professional Service Subcontract
- Engineering and Construction Short Contract
- Term Service Contract
- Term Service Short Contract
- Facilities Management Contract
- Design Build and Operate Contract
- Alliance Contract
- Supply Contract
- Supply Short Contract
- Framework Contract
- Engineering and Construction Subcontract
- Engineering and Construction Short Subcontract
- Dispute Resolution Service Contract The NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
Pre Contract
Session 2 The Parties
- The Client
- The Project Manager
- The Supervisor
- The Contractor
The structure of the contract
- Selecting Main Options
- Selecting Secondary Options
- Drafting Z clauses
- Drafting the Scope
- Drafting the Site Information
- Completing the Contract Data
Post Contract
The various contract provisions will be reviewed so that delegates can understand the relevance and consequence of various actions taken during the pre contract phase.
Session 3 Early Warnings
- Format and content of early warning notices
- Early warning meetings
- Use of Early Warning Registers Contractor’s Design
Session 4 Programme
- Programme requirements
- Dealing with float and time risk allowances
- The Accepted Programme
- Revising the programme
- Sectional Completion, Completion and Taking Over
- Acceleration Quality Management
- Quality management systems
- Quality policy statements and quality plans
- Dealing with Defects
Session 5 Payment
- Activity Schedules under Option A
- The Bill of Quantities under Option B
- Managing Option C and D Target Contracts
- Defined Cost
- Disallowed Cost
Session 6 Compensation Events
- Notification
- Contractor’s quotations
- Project Manager’s assessments
- Implementation
Session 7 The NEC4 Professional Service Contract
- The Role of the Service Manager
- Selecting Main Options
- Selecting Secondary Options
- Drafting Z clauses
